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Well, you’ve made it this far. You managed to make it through parts I through III, so I’ll bet you want to know how this tournament ends right? Well let’s take some time to compare the decks in the final match.

This final match, surprisingly enough comes down to 10th seeded Burn, against #11 Myr. I would imagine that seems entirely odd to you. Well what’s more shocking is that #11 Myr is UNDEFEATED, and better yet, has eliminated the 6, 3, and 2 seeds in its mission to the finals. Burn has taken out the 5, 13, and 8 seeds, not quit as impressive as Myr’s track record, however has done it in a much more dominating fashion. Despite the one loss to #13 Equipment, Burn has taken 0 damage in every other match, and has shown no weakness other then to the Equipment deck.

So how did these two underdog decks make it to the finals? Well, you can’t put any kind of argument against Myr’s qualifications; they have flat out done well. Myr’s biggest asset is its very well made land base. Every game this tournament Myr has had all three pieces of the Uzra Lands in it’s opening hand, this amount of mana simply overwhelmed Counterspell

Burn owes credit to some help from other seeds of the tournament. For instance, Burn scrapped by Equipment, but if U/W Control were to have won that match, Burn wouldn’t stand a chance. More help was achieved when Untouchable manhandled Ravager Affinity, Burn was to fast for Untouchables land destruction, and had nothing for Untouchable to control. It left itself open for the Phage attack. But it’s own land destruction kept Phage off the board.

And so the final match begins, with the proven Myr deck against what some would say, is a Burn deck that hasn’t played anyone yet.

GAME 1, #10 BURN VS. #11MYR

Burn opens the game, however, taking a more conservative approach, Burn simply saves its cards. Myr has once again, for the 7th time in a row, drawn all three Urza

. A turn later it attacked and destroyed all of Burn’s land. Now it was a matter of time, Burn had to draw a Burn spell that cost {R} or it was over. Turns went by and none were drawn. The Myr’s pecked away until Burn was defeated.

GAME 2, #10 BURN VS. #11 MYR

Game 2 began with Burn going first, this time Burn came charging out, only dealing damage to Myr’s head. Myr however, had suffered a game opening let down as its 7-game streak of an opening hand urzatron was snapped. However it eventually got it’s urzatron cards, and the Myr’s began to pop up all over the place, Dual Matrixes fabricated another 2 every turn, it looked like Myr was pulling away until disaster struck. Burn played Shatterstorm

, destroying every Myr, and every Land that Myr had played. This proved to be crushing to Myr, as it couldn’t recover. Burn took game 2.

GAME 3, #10 BURN VS. #11 MYR

Well because Burn is the higher seed it goes first in game 3 as well. Once again Burn discarded its conservative approach for a more ferocious assault on Myr’s life points. Yet again Myr did not draw the Urza

decks will shut down your every move, however when you can do more moves then they have counterspells (as is the case with Myr) then your army still grows, just not as fast.

Well if you know why your top contenders lost, why did your underdog win? In this day and age, it’s all about speed, when you combine speed with strategy its all over. This particular Burn deck was built to face anything. Control decks? There’s nothing to control. Suicide Decks? Just speeds up the process. Artifacts? Shatterstorm

And there you have it ladies and gentlemen, the final rankings of the Tournament of the 5 Magics, I want to thank all of you who fallowed the tournament, and a giant thanks to cardshark for letting me run this 4 article series.

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